Hewlett High School junior Matthew Tinkelman has been honored for his exemplary volunteer service with a state-level Certificate of Excellence from the 2010 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program.
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3/3/10
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The Lawrence school board work session meeting scheduled for Tuesday night March 2 has been cancelled. The next school board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday March 23 at Lawrence Middle School starting at 8 p.m.
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3/2/10
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Elmont's third win over Hewlett this season advanced the Spartans to the Nassau Class A boys' basketball championship game against Westbury.
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Tony Bellissimo
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3/1/10
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South Shore begins digging out
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Yet another storm has reminded us that northeast winters can be brutal. This latest blast began Thursday afternoon in Nassau as rain, then heavy rain, and then as temperatures fell, morphed into snowflakes. Inch-by-stormy-inch, the snow piled up overnight to near a foot or so in western Nassau to somewhat less in mid- and eastern parts of the county.
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2/26/10
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Blasted by the snow, again
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Yet another storm has reminded us that northeast winters can be brutal. This latest blast began Thursday afternoon in Nassau as rain, then heavy rain, and then as temperatures fell, morphed into snowflakes. Inch-by-stormy-inch, the snow piled up overnight to near a foot or so in western Nassau to somewhat less in mid- and eastern parts of the county.
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2/26/10
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Public, some private schools closed Friday
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Lawrence and Hewlett-Woodmere public schools, the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaways and the Lawrence Woodmere Academy announced that they would be closed on Friday, Feb. 26.
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2/26/10
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State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli recently completed audits of New York’s 733 public school districts and BOCES. The audits were part of a series of legislation following a scandal in the Roslyn School District in which administrators embezzled $11 million.
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2/25/10
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Friends and family members paid their last respects to Frank Fiumano last week, saying goodbye to a man who made family, country and education his top priorities throughout his 63 years.
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Mike Russo
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2/24/10
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Eleven Hewlett Elementary School fourth and fifth graders participated in a Geography Bee on Jan. 29 in the school's auditorium.
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2/24/10
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In the three seasons since the Hewlett High School re-launched its wrestling program, the Bulldogs have made tremendous strides. Hewlett's quick progress on the mat culminated this season with the Bulldogs posting seven dual-meet victories with eight All Conference wrestlers.
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2/24/10
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